Pan, I don't see Clinton's actions in MI and FL as a principled stand. I see it as a cheap attempt to build momentum, and if possible, pick up a bunch of cheap delegates.
If she'd come out and said, "You know what? I said I wouldn't campaign here. And I was wrong--you deserve a voice. So I'm taking back my promise not to campaign, and I'm going to stand up for the rights of Florida Democrats to hold their state primaries whenever the hell they want!"... well, then I could see your argument. She'd at least be doing some honor to the pledge she made not to campaign there. But she didn't--she snuck in there without AT ALL honoring the promise she gave.
Are you proposing that the two states should have their delegates seated for Clinton, since she "won" their "primaries"?
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